Package-tie.



R. A. HOUDYSHELL.

PACKAGE TIE. APPLICATION mm APR. 24. 1915.

Paten edMay 2,1916.

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ROY A. HOUDYSHELL, 0F TAMA, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF, ONE-HALF T0 CARL WESLEYHOUDYSHELL, 0F TAMA, IOWA.

PACKAGE-TIE.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented MlayZ, 1a1e.

Application filed April 24, 1915. serial m'o. 23,676.

a citizen of the United" States, residing at Tama, in the county of Tamaand State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPackage-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in package tiesand has for its principal object to provide adevice which may beconstructed of a single piece of wire and which is capable ofeffectively holding a package particularly for use in postoflices andthe like wherein it is desired to tie a number of letters into a singlepackage.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which is formedof resilient wire so that a loop of flexible material may be used andthe package will be held under tension.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which dependspartly on the elasticity of the package being tied.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a package tie wherethe same string may be used until the same is entirely worn out.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a package tiewhich is useful on packages of both large and small sizes, as the stringused on a large package may be used for a small package by turning thetie over and over until the string is drawn taut, thereby avoiding thenecessity of providing strings of different sizes.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forthin the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package of letters showing the samebound to gether with my improved package tie applied thereto, and Fig. 2is a plan view of the package tie.

Referring now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1designates the main bar of the device which is formed of a single pieceof wire and bent outwardly at each end as at 2. Each of theseoutwardlybent portions terminates in a loop 3, which terminates in an inwardlybent portion l which projects to a point within close proximity to thebar 1 but is spaced slightly therefrom as illustrated in the drawing.The terminal of the inclined portion 1 terminates in the curved portions5 and these curved portions are provided with'the parallel extensions 6which project perpendicular to the bar 1 hereinbefore referred to. Eachof these parallel extensions 6 is bent outwardly as at 7 and each of theoutwardly bent portions terminates in the inclined portions 8 which inturn are provided with the loops 9 and the opposite ends of these loopsterminate in the outwardly bent portions 10 which are bent angularly andintertwisted so that the intertwisted portions 11 he parallel with thebar 1.

It will be evident from the foregoing that the main body of the devicecomprises the bars 1, 6 and the intertwisted portions 11 and this bodvis provided with the outwardly extending hook members designatedgenerally by the numeral 12 which are formed at each corner. These hookmembers are resilient due to the fact that the bent portions 5 and 7 arespaced from the bars 1 and the twisted portion 11 and it will thus beseen that the device is provided with a limited amount of resiliency.

In use it will be apparent that the cord by which the package is tied isfirst cut the desired length and the ends are then tied together, thusforming a loop. The same is then hooked over the package tie so that theloop will overlie the body and project underneath of the hooks 12whereupon the opposite end of the loop of cord is passed around thepackage and is then hooked over the cooperating hooks 12 on the oppositeside of the package tie as shown in Fig. 1. It will thus be seen thatthe package will be firmly clamped and the device may be readily tieddue to the resilient nature in its structure and also due to the factthat the package being tied is more or less resilient, therebypermitting the loop to be slipped over the hooks when the package iscompressed. In this way it will be seen that as soon as the packagereturns to its normal condition, the string will be taut and therebyfirmly bind the several parts of the package together.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodir ment of this invention, it is to be under-' stood that suchchanges may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as Willfall Within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A package tie of the character described comprising a body, formed ofthree cooperating bars of resilient Wire and an intertWisted portion ofsaid Wire, hooks formed at the tour corners of the body, thelongitudinal axes-pf the hooks lying in parallel relation and re ducedportions connecting the hooks with the body.

2. A package tie of the .oharagcter described including a bar, loops-atthe ends of the bar, inwardly inclined portions at Co'pies ofpthispatent may be ob'jgair erl"for five cents each, by addressing the thei-bentiportions,

said body beinginwardly inclined portions,

the terminals of the loops, bent portions at the terminals of theinwardly inclined por- Commissioner. 01' Eaten,

' Washington, D. G.

